Osmotic adaptation of the halophilic fungus Hortaea werneckii: Role of osmolytes and melanization

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4261-4273

  Kogej, Tina ^a   Stein, Marlene ^b   Volkmann, Marc ^c   Gorbushina, Anna A ^c   Galinski, Erwin A ^b   Gunde Cimerman, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINITOL; ERYTHRITOL; GLUCOSIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCEROL; MANNITOL; MELANIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; HALOPHILE; HORTAEA WERNECKII; HYPOOSMOTIC STRESS; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ASCOMYCOTA; CELL WALL; CULTURE MEDIA; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR ALCOHOLS;

FUNGI; HORTAEA WERNECKII;

EID: 37449031490     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/010751-0     Document Type: Article

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